[CR]Sanshin/SunShine

(Example: Framebuilders:Richard Moon)

Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:32:53 +0900
From: "Dennis Young" <mail@woodworkingboy.com>
To: henox <henox@icycle.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <01a801c3ae02$2b30ec60$98ccf7a5@pavilion>
Subject: [CR]Sanshin/SunShine

Thanks Hugh,

Did you take a look at the auction page? Can you please verify that the Sanshin company is the same as the SunShine one (it's not a misspelling by me). I see Sanshin goods as well. In other words, you are saying that Sanshin produced SunShine?

http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g10343291

Dennis Young Hotaka, Japan
  
>
> Subject: [CR]unfamiliar parts
>
> Dennis wrote:
>
>
>> " Pardon me if these might be off topic, but is anyone familiar with
> SunShine
>> bicycle components? I see these on occasion at the Japanese auctions, and
>> they don't look wihout some merit. Probably it is a former Japanese
>> company?"
>
> You are referring to Sanshin or Sanshin Matsumoto, a very well respected
> Japanese firm that unfortunately is no longer in business. Their quality was
> better than Suzue or Sakae Ringyo, and they were the producers of Suntour
> hubs for many years (also the Specialized hubs). The quality level on their
> best hubs was like the quality level of the best Nitto handlebars and stems.
>
> Sanshin developed a unique technology ( for the time) that allowed them to
> produce short runs of high flange, low flange, or combinations of high and
> low flanges with a variety of spoke hole drillings. I don't know how they
> did this, and have always wondered if it may have been by a very early
> implementation of CNC programmed lathes.
>
> Unfortunately I never got to visit the factory but I did meet the company
> officials on several occasions. I'm sure I've got some of their catalogs
> kicking around here somewhere and I wish they were still in business.
>
> Hugh Enox
> La Honda